I am sitting here on my bed in our adorable airbnb.com apartment watching Earnestine and Grace sleep off their jetlag as I listen to the sounds of a city waking up.I got up early this morning to buy some fresh bread, but my total inability to speak German and fear of offending people left me with buying a baguette (because that, at least, I could pronounce). Before making that trip, I watched a YouTube video on how to say "Sprechen Sie Englisch" about 5 times in a row, which I can only say in a French accent strangely enough. Whatever, I have my baguette!! Success!!
We all got in yesterday morning, Earnestine and Grace by plane from the USA, and me by train from Poznan, Poland where I was visiting my Ciocia Maryla. They arrived earlier than I did and did some exploring of the city, and then met me at the Ostbahnhof train station. After some confused wandering around the train station, we got to the U-Bahn and took the metro to our meeting point for our airbnb apartment.
First off, our apartment is adorable! :) We are in the Mitte/Kreuzberg area, which is not too far from a lot of the attractions (we bought a 72 hour public transportation pass anyway), but quiet enough to be a calm relief what is bound to be a busy stay.
After getting settled, washing off many a layer of sweat, and exploring the apartment, Grace found a cute restaurant nearby called "Zur kleinen Markthalle" that claimed to serve authentic German cuisine. After a super awkward moment in which we didn't want to be typical pushy Americans, we ordered our food. From our receipt, I think we ordered something with bratwurst in it while Earnestine ordered something called riesencurrywurst. Grace and I ordered a light beer called Meckatzer, while Earnestine ordered "DKL Hefbief?" Regardless, everything was delicious!
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| My first German meal: bratwurste and beer. |
I will try to post again later after the bike tour, which is bound to have tons of super pics.
Auf Wiedersehen!
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| Earnestine and me in front of St. Michael's church, and a local park/canal. |
Sounds like so much fun! And I love the pictures!! It looks like confused wandering will forever be a factor of European travels... Keep the posts coming! And say 'Hi' to Earnestine for me!
ReplyDeleteThanks Karin! :) Haha, I think confused wandering is part of the fun, so no worries! :) Earnestine saw your comment before I did, and she said hi back! Will definitely keep the posts coming, maybe they are coming a little too fast hahaha!
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